Contextual factors affecting knowledge management diffusion in SMEs

Industrial Management and Data Systems

Volumn 114, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1415-1437

  Lin, Hsiu Fen ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Knowledge management diffusion; Small and medium enterprises

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MANAGERS;

COMPETITIVE PRESSURE; CONTEXTUAL FACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; INNOVATION DIFFUSION THEORY; PARTIAL LEAST SQUARE (PLS); SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISE; TECHNOLOGY-ORGANIZATION-ENVIRONMENT FRAMEWORKS; TOP MANAGEMENT SUPPORT;

DIFFUSION;

EID: 84917710576     PISSN: 02635577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IMDS-08-2014-0232     Document Type: Article

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